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In terms of the transmittal of the message. i have the statement in front of me in black and white. but categorical indicates that the president has transferred the authority of the office of the president to the vice president suleiman. he has effectively done so, related to all presidential authority, and not some. >> shepard: a protest leader in the streets there earlier spoke on al jazeera satellite television, mr. ambassador, and said omar suleiman is worse. he is the one who did the torturing. it's been widely reported over the years that he has tortured thousands of egyptian civilians. ...

Nation in ghana while trying to perfect his own, there's something in the soul that cries out for freedom. those were the cries that came from tahrir square and the entire world has taken note. today belongs to the people of egypt. the american people are moved by these scenes in cairo and across egypt because of who we are at a people, and the kind of world we want our children to grow up in. the word "tahrir," means liberation, a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. and forever more it will remind us of the egyptian people, of what they did, of the thin...

The government and take hosni mubarak out. we are close to dawn just a few hours away. who knows what the 18th day of protests will actually bring to egypt who have been on the brink today. shep? >> shepard: our correspondent dominick dinatale live for us in cairo. and now the protesters are chanting in tahrir square. our interpreter tells us their words are as follows. "what does mubarak want? does he want us all to die?" the white house says it watched president mubarak's speech on air force one while heading back to a previously planned trip to michigan. apparently it was a surprise to him ...

Answers and do so peacefully, constructively, and in the spirit of unity that has defined these last few weeks. for egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day. the military has served patriotally and responsibly as a caretaker to the state and will now have to ensure a transition that is credible in the eyes of the egyptian people. that means protecting the rights of egypt's citizens, lifting the emergency law, revising the constitution and other laws to make this change irreversible and laying owe a clear path to elections that are fair and free a...

Contacts that many of you all have that seem to tell everyone that a different speech might be what we would hear. we didn't hear that last night. and the statement was at that point it was a missed opportunity for the government of egypt to take the necessary steps toward that orderly transition. that was, quite frankly, that has been true throughout the week. you have seen as the government has taken the necessary steps to broaden the coalition and make the fundamental reforms that signals to those in the opposition they are serious and the crowds grew larger and larger.